14.7321° N, 17.4573° W
GRAND DAKAR
Most Famous People Born in Grand Dakar, Senegal
- Notable people
- 651
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1976
- Most distinctive
- Basket 12.7×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Grand Dakar during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Grand Dakar Is Known For
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Football is Grand Dakar's biggest profession — 41% of all notables (265).
Grand Dakar over-indexes on basket — 12.7× the global rate.
Grand Dakar under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Grand Dakar's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Filtered to 1940s Clear ×
Djibril Diop Mambéty
1945 - 1998
Boubacar Boris Diop
Born 1946
Safi Faye
Born 1943
Jean-Pierre Adams
Born 1948
Nafissatou Niang Diallo
1941 - 1982
Mahama Johnson Traoré
1942 - 2010
Mor Thiam
Born 1941
Jean-Marie Colombani
Born 1948
Pierre Sané
Born 1949
Christian Delacampagne
1949 - 2007
Issa Samb
1945 - 2017
Mbissine Thérèse Diop
Born 1949
José Brito
Born 1944
Samba Félix Ndiaye
1945 - 2009
Doudou Ndoye
Born 1944
Robert Bourgi
Born 1945
Khadi Fall
Born 1948
Amadou Gakou
Born 1940
Jean-Louis Lafosse
1941 - 1981
Papa Malick Diop
1944 - 2013
Kre M'Baye
1949 - 2014
Fabienne Vonier
1947 - 2013
Cheikh Amadou Fall
1946 - 2008
Seydina Insa Wade
1948 - 2012
Mansour Dia
1940 - 1999
Boubacar Traoré (basketball)
Born 1946
Alioune Badara Guèye
Born 1949
Doudas Leydi Camara
Born 1947
Pierre Lescanne
Born 1947
Claude Sadio
Born 1943
Mor Faye
1946 - 1984
Moussa Sène
Born 1946
Mohamed Diongue
1946 - 2012
Mamadou Seck (politician)
Born 1947
Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima
Born 1948
Babacar Dia
Born 1943
Oumar Seck
1946 - 2010
Marie-Angélique Savané
Born 1947
Marie-Louise Correa
Born 1943
Souleymane Camara (football, 1944)
Born 1944
Jean-Paul Dias
Born 1946
Adnan Houdrouge
Born 1948
Yatma Diop
Born 1943
M'Bam Diatigui Diarra
1946 - 2011
Abdoulaye Makhtar Diop
Born 1946
Louis Gomis (football, 1945)
Born 1945
Elisabeth Pate-Cornell
Born 1948
Charles André Nelson
Born 1943
Ousmane Faye
1940 - 2001
Médoune Diallo
1949 - 2018
Ibrahima Gabar Diop
Born 1947
Abdel Kader Gueye
Born 1949
Joël Coqueugniot
Born 1945
Papa Ousmane Sakho
Born 1943
Moussa Touré (homme politique)
Born 1945
Modou Niang
Born 1945
Katta Diallo
Born 1946